Stock-car



N. Z. SBITZ. STOCK GAR.

(No Model.)

PatntedApr. 3, 1888.

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lllnrTs @Tarts Paritair @Tric NATHANIEL Z. SEITZ, OF GLEN ROOK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHELLABARGER LVE- STOCK OAR COMPANY, OF VASHINGTON, DIS- rarer or COLUMBIA.

STOCKHCAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 380,638, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed April 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Narnairrnt Z. Sarra, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Rock, inthe county of York and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which the folloivingisafull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in compartment stock-cars for the transro portation of live stock; and the object of the invention is to facilitate getting the animals into the compartments or stalls and to separate them when in their stalls, to provide for their comfort in transit, and also to facilitate unloading the car.

The invention has more especial reference to the class of stoclecars represented in the patent of Jacob H. Shellabarger, No. 256,389, dated April 11, 1882, though of course the in- 2c vention is applicable to other kinds of compartment-cars.

The invention consists in guards for the stalls, and also in devices for securing the stalls in place, substantially as hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several igures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a perspective view of the interior of a car of the Shellabarger con- 3o struction supplied with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 4t is a sectional elevation of the connecting-j oint for the stall-guards. Fig. is a detail of the partition-fastening, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the cross-bar.

For convenience l will describe my invention as applied to a car embodying the improvements set forth in the Shellabarger patito ent above mentioned. On the vertical edge of each partition a is seeuredaswinging cranelike device, t, herein called a gate77 or guard This guard may be made of metal, either solid or tubular, and it is so pivoted or hinged to the partition aste swing ilat back upon the same or at rightangles thereto, or in alignment therewith. rllhis guard has its ends b b formed as screw-threaded pintles, which are secured in the eyes a of the hinges by nuts Serial No. 234,040. (No model.)

b2. The hinge-eyes a. are provided with straps o ai, which embrace the sides of the partitions, and are bolted or riveted thereto, these straps extending Well onto the partitions, so as to obtain a large hold thereon. The guards for one set of stalls have their ends c enlarged and 5 5 screw-threaded, (see Fig. 4;) but the extreme terminals c are left unthreaded and of the same diameter as the other Unthreaded portion. The ends ofthe guards of opposite stalls are provided with collars c2 and unions or coup- 6o lings d, having iianges d, to engage the collars ci, and screw-threaded internally to engage the screwthreaded portion oof opposite guards. lVhen the guards of opposite stalls are brought into alignment, the unions or couplings may be slipped quickly over the unthreaded por tions of the adjacent guards, thus locking opposite guards together, and then the unions may be turned up on the screw-threads and the guards thus rigidly connected. When the 7o guards are so connected, these unions draw on the guards and partitions, and thus render them very stiff and rigid, thus greatly enhancing their stability with respect to the movements of the cattle in the stalls.

Vihen the car is being loaded, the guards of opposite stalls are disconnected and turned outward toward the door through which the cattle enter, as shown at the left in Fig. l and as in Fig. 3. In this Way the stalls at the eX- treme opposite sides of the car will be left open for the entrance of two animals into the respective end stalls. As soon as these stalls are occupied, their guards are swung into position and united by the coupling, thus seeuring the animals in their stalls. This leaves the next pair of stalls free to be entered by the next pair of animals, and when iilled their guards are similarly closed. After all the stalls are filled and the guards ceupled,suitable crossbars, e, are arranged in the aisle between the stalls, so as to prevent the animals from backing upon one another, and for the top cross-bar I prefer to use the bar shown in de tail in Fig. 6. This bar consists of apiece of strong timber provided with end tenons, e', shaped to enter suitable sockets, f, in bars g across the doorways and secured therein by pins y. This bar also has projections eistraddling each of the couplings of the series of united guards. This bar thus constructed will serve also as astay or brace for the guards.

I prefer to bind the edges of the partitions a with strap-steel h and to make on the end of this strap-steel a projecting toe, z', which engages a plate or keeper, 7c, secured to the oor of the car, as indicated, and by this means the partitions will be secu rely locked in position, it being understood that the resiliency of the strap-steel materially contributes to the tirm ness of the unions.

In order to permit the engagement of the toes i with the keeper lc, I provide openings Z in the floor of the car at points where these toes would come when the partitions are in place, and I arrange the keeper k crossw-ise of these openings in the floor. Over this keeper I prefer to arrange 'a wooden strip, m, transversely of the car, and to make notches n in said wooden strip at points where the partitions come, so as to straddle said partitions and thus stay them. The openings Zsubserve the additional purpose of escapes for water and the like.

At the right-hand end ofFig. 1 Ihave shown the guards or gates for the stalls closed and the stay-bar e in position. A

The troughs 0 may be provided with cleats p, which receive the upper ends of the partitions to stay them at that point.

The upper front ends of the partitions may be also provided with toes similar to those described as applied to their lower ends, in addition to or instead of such lower toes.

In unloading, the cattle are taken from the stalls immediately next to the exit-door, and. after the cattle are outside these stalls then the first pair of gates are disconnected and turned outward, so that the cattle in the second pair of stalls may come out, the gates being turned across the empty stalls, so that the cattle from the next pair of stalls cannot get into any of the previouslyemptied stalls.

As already stated, this invention is designed as an improvement on the Shellabarger car, and hence it will be understood that the stallpartitions and the troughs, with their appurtenances, may be made removable at pleasure for any desired purpose. Each partition has its toe engaged with the keeper by turning up the partition on that edge having the toe, so as to thrust it under the keeper, and the partition is then brought down between its cleats, it being understood that the troughs are placed in position after the partitions are in place, and so hold and stay them. If the toes are at the upper corner of the partitions, keepers will be provided for them on the ends of the car and the middle transverse partition, and if toes are used at both points the keepers at one end will be made adjustable, so as to be locked over the toes.

What I claim isl. A compartment stock-car having a series of partitions to form pairs of stalls or compartments lengthwise ofthe car, and swinging guards attached to such partitions and adapted to be locked together in alignment with the partitions, substantially as described. A

2. A compartment stock-car having a series of partitions to form stalls or compartments, and swinging guards attached to such partitions and adapted to/be locked together in alignment with the partitions, and a cross-bar' engaging the guards to brace or stay them, substantially as described.

3. .A compartment stock-car having a series of partitions to form stalls or compartments in pairs lengthwise of theW car, and a guard for each of said compartments, hung to the partitions and adapted to be turned out to close all the compartments but' those desired to be lled when loading the car, substantially as described.

4. A compartment stock-car provided with a crane-like swinging guard hung to the partition of each compartment, combined wlth unions or couplings for locking the said guards together, substantially as described.

5.v In a stock-car in which the stalls are arranged opposite each other, guards for such stalls, arranged on one of the stalls and having screw-threaded ends, and similar guards arranged on the opposite stalls, each provided with a screw-threaded slip-coupling or union adapted to engage the opposite guard, substantially as described.

6. In a stock-car having a series of compartments or stalls arranged opposite each other, a series of guards adapted to be brought into alignment to cover the passage-way between said stalls, and a cross-bar provided with projections to engage such united guards to hold them in position, substantially as described.

7. In a stock-car, the partitions provided with metal bindings h, having toes t' at their lower ends, combined with keepers or guards to receive such toes, substantially as described.

8. In a stock-car in which the compartments or stalls are arranged opposite each other, with an intervening aisle or passage-way, guards for such stalls or compartments, arranged to be swung across the said aisle and united by couplings to close the aisle and to separate the pairs of stalls, and adapted to be disconnected when the stalls are emptied, and turned across the stalls to close them against entrance by i11- coming or outgoing cattle in loading or unloading the car, substantially as described.

9. Guards or gates for the stalls of stock-cars, arranged in pairs, and one of such guards having near its end a screw-threaded enlargement, a terminal unthreaded portion of less diameter, and the other guard having a shouldered end provided with a screw-threaded slip-coupling or union adapted to operate in connection with the rst-named guard, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a stock-car having partitions to form stalls, toes i on such partitions, combined with keepers arranged over openings in theV car- IIO door, and the notched strip overlying said keeper, substantially as described.

11. In a stockcar, partitions suitably secured therein in pairs to form stalls2 with an intervening passageway, combined with gates or guards to close said passage-Way, each of said gates or guards being connected to t-he stalls at a number of points and provided with couplings adapted to draw upon said stalls, and thus rigidly connect them under tension, to thereby stiften and brace the said stalls, substantially as described.

12. In a stock-car, the partitions provided with toes t, combined with keepers or guards to receive such toes to lock the partitions in I 5 place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of April7 A. D. 1887.

NATHA'NIEL Z. snrrz.

Witnesses:

WM. H. FINGKEL, A. B. WHITE. 

